Promoting Safety in Virginia's Schools

Month: September 2016

While fatal school bus accidents are rare, according to the NHTSA, on average, 18 school-age children die each year in school transportation-related crashes. Statistically, six of those are occupants of school transportation vehicles (mainly buses). The other 12 are pedestrians killed by school transportation vehicles or other vehicles that are involved in the school bus-related […]

School Resource Officers in Virginia schools provide a wide array of services. Although their duties can vary considerably from community to community. While they take on the roles of Safety Expert, Law Enforcer and Liason to the community, the three most typical roles of SROs are: Investigate accusations of criminal activities per their department’s policies […]